Construction - April 2006

In April, seasonally adjusted total construction output at constant prices decreased by 1.3% month-on-month. In terms of year-on-year comparison, total construction output at constant prices was down by 2.9% (-0.2% working days adjusted). The planning and building control authorities granted 9 705 building permits. The approximate value of permitted constructions fell by 7.6% year-on-year.
Seasonally adjusted total construction output at constant prices dropped by 1.3% month-on-month. The trend increased by 0.1% month-on-month (see Table 3).


Year-on-year, total construction output at constant prices was down by 2.9% and by 0.2% working days adjusted (April 2006 was 2 working days shorter).


Construction work of contractors and subcontractors to enterprises with 20+ employees fell by 2.7% year-on-year at constant prices. Decreases were registered for nearly all kinds of construction work. The downward trend was apparent in repair and maintenance (which contributed with -1.5 percentage points to the decrease and fell by 13.4%), new construction, reconstruction and modernisation (contribution -0.9 p.p., decrease by 1.0%). The highest growth rate was recorded for construction work abroad (contribution 0.3% and rise by 24.2%), whereas the biggest fall was observed in other work (contribution -0.6 p.p., fall by 49.2%).

Employment in construction enterprises with 20+ employees grew by 0.3% in April. The average monthly nominal wage of employees increased by 1.8% year-on-year and reached CZK 18 600, the real wage dropped by 1.0%. The average hourly wage increased by 9.6% year-on-year and stood at CZK 129. Labour productivity per employee dropped by 3.0% and labour productivity per hour worked grew by 4.4%. Unit wage costs were up by 4.9%.

The planning and building control authorities granted 9 705 building permits in April 2006 (of which 4 945 for new constructions and 4 760 for renewals and enhancements). The number of building permits granted dropped by 10.8% year-on-year.

The approximate value of constructions permitted in April 2006 reached CZK 23.2 billion (of which new constructions made up CZK 16.0 billion and renewals and enhancements CZK 7.2 billion). Compared to April 2005, approximate value decreased by 7.6%. This decrease was affected by renewals and enhancements (contribution -5.6 percentage points, fall by 17.1%) and new construction (contribution -2.0 p.p., fall by 2.6%%). Increases in approximate value were recorded for residential buildings (contribution 3.7 p.p., growth 13.3%) and non-residential buildings (contribution 2.5 p.p., growth by 9.3%).

The planning and building control authorities permitted 3 529 dwellings to be constructed, which was by 611 dwellings more than in April 2005. Out of that, 2 906 dwellings will be built as new constructions (+669 permitted dwellings year-on-year) and 623 dwellings will be obtained by renewals and enhancements (-58 permitted dwellings year-on-year). The approximate value of newly permitted dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings reached CZK 6.3 billion.

The planning and building control authorities permitted the construction of buildings with a floor space of 548 205 m2 (-2.5% year-on-year), of which residential buildings made up 350 734 m2 (+7.8%) and non-residential buildings 197 471 m2 (-16.7%). The floor space of new buildings was 498 850 m2 and of renewals and enhancements 49 355 m2. The average floor space of 108.9 m2 per dwelling was permitted for new construction of residential buildings with approximate value CZK 18.2 thousand per m2.

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Note
Contact: Vladimír Zikmund, phone (+420) 274054252, e-mail: vladimir.zikmund@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO direct survey in enterprises and planning and building control authorities
End of data collection: 5 June 2006
End of data processing: 6 June 2006
Related publications: /1-ep-8
8201-06 Construction
8202-06 Building Permits Granted

The data in Table 1 are preliminary and will be updated when data for July 2006 are published.
The data in Table 2 are final.